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Public Consultation on the CPR started 22nd January

On January 22, the European Commission has started a Public Consultation on
EU rules for products used in the construction of buildings and infrastructure
works. The Construction Products Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (the CPR) aims to
make the single market work for products used in the construction of buildings
and infrastructure. For this, the CPR provides rules on assessing the
performance of construction products and on communicating the assessment
results, through a common technical language (consisting mainly of the
harmonised European standards and European assessments documents) to be used
everywhere in the EU. Construction products assessed in line with the CPR rules
carry the CE marking. Since its introduction problems with the implementation
were identified and some countries were put to court as their rules being in
conflict with the CPR. Several sources, such as the 2016 report on the
implementation of the CPR, opinions from the REFIT platform and studies on
European construction sector regulations have also identified issues affecting
the functioning of the CPR. Following the publication of the July 2016
implementation report, the Communication Clean Energy for all Europeans
announced a possible revision of the Construction Products Regulation in
November 2016 and launched an evaluation and an impact assessment by July 2017
to assess the performance of the CPR and to provide an evidence-based comparison
of the various options for the future, as an input for the decision to revise.
The public consultation started January 22 aims to give all interested citizens
and stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to the exercise and give their
views on key issues relevant for the evaluation and impact assessment. In
providing this opportunity, this consultation supplements previous, more
targeted consultations of stakeholders. The consultation will inform the
Commission's evaluation and impact assessment report and the legislative
proposal accompanying the report, if the outcome of the evaluation points
towards the need to change the EU rules on construction products. The
consultation is open by April 16, 2018. More information you will find
here.